Hiring: Quality Assurance Manager - Spacecraft & Avionics Company: Firefly Aerospace Location: Briggs, TX Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 12:52:00 About the job Experience: •7 years in aerospace quality leadership. Minimum 2 – 5 years with a focus on spacecraft or launch vehicles. Required Skills: •Support and ensure implementation and adherence of assigned areas to the company's AS9100 Quality Management System (QMS). Continually work with partner leaders to identify and tailor your assigned team for rapid growth supporting the company’s strategic plan. •Direct and mentor a growing 10-person team, including Quality Engineers, Quality Specialists, Quality Inspectors, Receiving Inspectors, NDT technicians, and Metrology experts. Ensure solid training plans exist that enable the team’s support of both current and future goals. Identify, hire and train team members as required. •Partner closely with peer quality leaders across launch and vehicle manufacturing to align company-wide standards. Partner closely with peer manufacturing, engineering and program teams as required to complete job activities. •Balance equally between managing documentation (MRB, CAPA logs) and performing hands-on floor evaluations alongside the team. Oversee inspection and testing of critical flight electronics, power systems, and harness assemblies. Qualifications: •Minimum 5–7 years in aerospace quality leadership. Minimum 2 – 5 years with a focus on spacecraft or launch vehicles. •Proven experience managing multi-disciplinary quality teams (inspectors, engineers, NDT technicians). •Deep, hands-on experience managing and auditing AS9100 certification standards. Strong background in complex avionics systems, flight hardware, and spacecraft manufacturing. •BS/BA in Engineering, Material Science, or a related technical field. 10+ experience in quality manufacturing and aerospace/space manufacturing accepted in lieu of a degree. •Preferred 5 – 7 years’ experience in spacecraft or launch vehicles. IPC-A-610, IPC/WHMA-A-620 or J-STD-001 with Space Addendum certified preferred. Active certification as a trainer a plus. •Machine shop experience within a production environment a plus. •In-depth knowledge of GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing) and machine shop inspection techniques. •7 years’ experience in spacecraft or launch vehicles. IPC-A-610, IPC/WHMA-A-620 or J-STD-001 with Space Addendum certified preferred. Active certification as a trainer a plus. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!